Governor Señor Montiano in a letter to his Majesty says: It is reported
that Don Diego Oglethorpe has said openly “that should he receive orders
from his Government to fix the boundary lines between the Spanish
possessions and the Carolinas, he would so delay its execution that
there should never be a sign of these limits”--Montiano thinks “it will
be impossible to ever discuss matters of importance with such a man and
it will be best that he be removed”--An Indian, Juan Ygnacio de las
Reyes, gives himself up to the English, under pretext of having killed
an Indian, to gain information concerning the strength and intentions of
the English toward the Spanish--After misleading the English as to the
strength and numbers in the Spanish fortifications, he makes his escape
and returns to this Province--Statement of what has been ordered for the
aid of Florida Provinces--The dislodging of the enemy from certain
settlements on its territory up to 1674--Dispatch of 1675 commands that
if the negro slaves sent to Havana have not already been sold, they
shall be sent to Florida to be put to work upon the construction of the
Castle to relieve the Indians.